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43: 36: 440: 225:) with extreme summer highs and extremely scant precipitation (years pass without any). The yearly mean maxima reach 114 °F (46 °C), and the area has never recorded a temperature at or below freezing. Elevation is the primary reason the mountain has a marginal cold-desert climate instead of a 204:
are extremely high around 28 N (nearly 14,000 feet and some of the highest in the world), and Zardak Peak is far below it. The mountain is extremely inaccessible, due to the fact that no proper roads in the area have been built. In order to reach the mountain, a
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It is in the north of the mountain range, as well as on its eastern fringe, near where it descends quite suddenly to meet the plains covering much of the
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The mountain has never been summited due to its remoteness and inaccessibility.
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and is 7,438 feet (2,267 m) high. It is bordered to the east by the
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Zardak Peak is located in Pakistan
Elevation
Coordinates
27°50′N 67°05′E / 27.833°N 67.083°E / 27.833; 67.083
Parent range
Kirthar Mountains
Hindukush
Balochistan
Indus plains
Iranian plateau
Indian subcontinent
30th parallel north
Tree lines
quad
cold desert
hot-desert climate
thorny shrubland
moss
grass
Indus River
Karakoram Range
Balochistan
"Where are the Sulaiman and Kirthar hills located?"
"Zardak"


"Zardak"
"A re-assessment of high elevation treeline positions and their explanation"
Bibcode
1998Oecol.115..445K

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